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Mentoring

When it comes to mentoring entrepreneurs and startup companies, there are many sources, motives, and methodologies.

Some mentors engage because they want to give back. Others mentor because they have a particular expertise to share or because they want to become involved more as a leader, consultant, or service provider in the community.

Many angel investors mentor to apply their specific experience and know-how to help more startups become fundable or to help companies that have been funded grow and succeed.

"Angels consist primarily of entrepreneurs and/or corporate executives who collectively are experienced in many industries, many technologies, and many phases of entrepreneurial business success," says Bob Goff, founder and president of Sierra Angels of Incline Village, NV. "They are genuinely motivated to improve entrepreneurs' success and to attain an improved ROI."

 

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